Concourse, Pennsylvania Station.

Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)

The concourse is the one area left of old Penn Station, which was torn down in 1969. This photo shows the train announcements board in the concourse.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

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33rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues

Oppenheim Collins Building, 35 West 34th Street.

Oppenheim Collins and Company, Inc.

Department stores--New York (State)--New York.

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

This building once housed Oppenheim Collins and Company. Founded in 1871 by Albert D. and Charles J. Oppenheim, Oppenheim Collins was originally a New York City skirt manufacturer, later branching into department stores catering to women. The first store was opened in 1901. The lot for this building was bought in 1910. It was during this time that department stores were moving from downtown to the 34th Street area. The building housed the company headquarters and the stores expanded into several major cities. In 1945, City Stores Company gained control of the chain and later Oppenheim Collins merged with Franklin Simon & Company, the name of the chain being liquidated by 1963.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

Copyright Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center. All rights reserved. Use prohibited without written permission.

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35 West 34th Street

Tenement building.

Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York.

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-seventh Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

This is one of the last tenement buildings left. Originally built to house New York’s poor, tenement buildings covered the West Side and other parts of the city. This building is next to an abandoned gas station as well as a billboard.

Digital 34th Street

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

Copyright Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center. All rights reserved. Use prohibited without written permission.

Digital images

37th Street and Tenth Avenue